raghunandana raghunandana
Sahityam
Pallavi
raghunandana raghunandana raghunandana rAma
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O Lord Raghunandana! O Lord Raghunandana! O Lord Raghunandana! O Lord Rama!
Charanams Combined
pADudu ninu vEDudu koniyADudu zrI rAma (raghu)
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O Lord Sri Rama! I shall sing about You; I shall entreat You and I shall extrol You.
kOriti ninu jEriti nanu dUrakumI rAma (raghu)
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O Lord Rama! I desired You; I approached You; please do not rebuke me.
EmOyani nI manasuna EmarakE rAma (raghu)
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O Lord Rama! Don’t be deceived in Your mind that there is something else.
gati lEdani pati nIvani mati nE zaraNaNTi (raghu)
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As there is no other refuge, in my mind, I sought refuge that You are my Lord.
jAlamu nIkElanu nE tALanu zrI lOla (raghu)
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O Lord enamoured by Lakshmi! Why this procrastination or deception by You? I cannot bear.
gaTTiga ninu paTTina tanakiTTi vetalEla (raghu)
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Why this suffering for me who has held on to You fast?
nIkE daya nIkE dama nIkevarE sATi (raghu)
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Yours indeed is the real compassion; Yours indeed is the real self-restraint; whoever is equal to You!
ninu telisina ghanulanu nE dina dinamu talatu (raghu)
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I shall remember every day those great persons who know You.
mullOkamulallADina iTlE gati kAni (raghu)
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9 – 12. \tEven if one wanders about all the three Worlds, this (as mentioned below) indeed is the condition; (a) for the rains that pour everywhere in the world, the ocean only is the destination; (b) if one is within the confines of the three qualities (Sattva, Rajas, Tamas), the Lord alone is the refuge; (c) no matter how many paths are there, all are bound to lead to You alone.
ilanantaTa kala vAnaku¹ jaladhE gati kAni (raghu)
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guNamulalOnaNiguNTE guNiyE² gati kAni (raghu)
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O Benefactor of those people who are dependent! O Lord who nourishes this Thyagaraja!
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Variations
- In some books Charana 1 is given as Anupallavi.
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1 vAnaku jaladhE gati – AkAzAt patitam tOyam sAgaram pratigaccati.
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2 guNi (guNin) In this regard, the following verse from Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, Chapter 14 refers –
“Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas – these three Gunas, O mighty-armed, born of Prakrti, bind fast in the body the indestructible embodied one.” (Translation by Swami Swarupananda)
- 3 enni vitamulunnAnu ninnE cEravale – sarva dEva namaskAraM kEzavaM pratigaccati.